High speed air conditioner circulating chamber



C. M. JONES April 3, 1956 HIGH SPEED AIR CONDITIONER CIRCULATING CHAMBER 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed May 14, 1953 INVENTOR. Uafvzizficllzea,

ATTEI RN EYS United Sates HIGH SPEED AIR CONDITEONER CIRCULATING CHAMBER Calvin M. Jones, Miami, Fla. Application May 14, 1953, Serial No. 355,087 Claims. (Cl. 62-440) a cylindrical coilwith vertically disposed wire mesh strips.

woven through the coil and with air circulated from the periphery of the coil discharged into incoming air and recirculated with said incoming air.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an air conditioner that handles a comparatively large volume of air whereby fresh air only is circulated through the device and the necessity for recirculating air of a room or other enclosure is eliminated.

With the. conventional type of air conditioning. system air of a room or other enclosure is, drawn into an air conditioning. unit and discharged into the room 01 enclosure from which it is drawn. By this means the same air is. reused or recirculated and the use of fresh air, continuously, in air conditioningunits hasnot been considered practical because it is impossible, with con-. ventional units to circulate a sufiicient quantity of air. With this thought in mind this invention contemplates an improved air conditioning unit through which a comparatively large quantity of air is circulated and which is so constructed that the air contacts both inner and outer surfaces of a coil, with the air being retained in suspension on both sides of the coil with wiremesh.

The object of this invention is, therefore, toprovide means for constructing an air conditioning unit whereby a sulficient, quantity of air is circulated and treated to make it possible to use only fresh air, thereby eliminating the necessity of recirculating foul air.

Another object. of the invention is to provide'a-high speed air conditioning unit that is also adapted to be used as a cooling device particularly for cooling fluid of compressors, engines, and other power devices.

A further object of the invention is to provide an air conditioning, circulating and distribution unit that is adapted to circulate comparatively large quantities of air and that is of a simple and economical construction.

With these and other objects and advantages in view the invention embodies a cylindrical outer housing having an open upper end, an inner casing concentric with and spaced from the outer casing and supported with the lower end in spaced relation to the lower end of the outer casing, a substantially cylindrical coil concentric with and spaced inwardly from the inner casing and having a fmstro-conical shaped shell extended downwardly from the lower end thereof, vertically disposed wire mesh screens interwoven with the coil, a cylindrical screen around the coil, a circulating fan positioned in an opening in the lower end of the inner casing, a cylindrical skirt extended downwardly into the upper end of the outer housing and positioned between the inner casing and outer housing and a circulating duct extended from said skirt.

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2,740,268 Piatented Apr. 3, 1956 Other featuresv and advantages. of, theiiuventionnwilh appear fromythessfollowingdescription; taken; in: connection coil.

Referring, now to the drawings wherein. likeyreferenee;

characters denote corresponding parts the. improved airv conditioning and; circulating device of this; inventiont ins cludes a: coil 10,, preferably formed of..copper tubing; a. frustro-conical.shapedv shell 11 depending from the lower. end of the coil,'an inner cylindrical casing; 12. ha.vi-ng-, a trough i3 insthelowerend: formed with an inwardly. extended horizontally disposed flange, Maud air-upwardlyextended, sleeve 15, a. fan lonpositioned in the sleeve .15.. and operated by a motor 17,. an outerhousing,18,,a.skirt. 19 and a circulating duct 20.

The outer housing 18..is providedwith a base..21 which provides. a closure-.for thelower end and, as. showmin Fig. 1 the upper end of the. outer housing isopen. The:

lower edge of the wall of the housing 1.8.is provided withdrain. openings 22 andv similarv drain openings, asindicated by the numeral 23- are provided in. the. flangeld.

of the inner casing 12.,

The inner casing 12 is supportedby spaced posts. 2,4.

or other suitable means and. the. shell. 11 issupported. from, the inner casing 12 with radially ,disposedbolts 25,,

having spacing sleeves 26 and nuts 27 thereon.

The upper end of the inner easing 12.is..spaced.below. the upper end of the outer housing. 18, and. the skirt 1%. extends downwardly into the areabetweenthe. inner cas-. ing and outer. housing with the lower end ofthe, skirt spaced below the upper end'of the innerscasing 12;.

The dLlClTiZO, which may be of any suitable shape. in

cross section is provided with an inlet opening 30.

The inner and outer surfaces of the coil Mare covered with vertically disposed'wir'e mesh: sereens-32 and: 33' and an additional-screen,- as indicated by'theprovided-onthe outside. sections=32and-' 33 are woven through the coil;'-as illustrated in Figure 4, and the upper ends are secured to a band 31 by rivets or the like.

The coil is also provided with vertically disposed strips 35 and the ends of the coil extend through the inner casing, skirt, and outer housing providing connections 36 and 37 by which the coil may be connected to a com pressor or the like. It will be understood, however, that the connections from the coil may extend through the parts of the unit at a difierent point or at diiferent points and also that the coil may be covered with other suitable screening or filtering elements.

The outer surface of the coil is also provided with spaced vertically disposed stays 38 which extend from the band 31 to the lower end of the shell 11. A band 39 is also provided around the outer surface of the cylindrical screen 34 and this band is connected to the lower ends of the strips 35.

The coil is also provided with a spiral vane 48 which is supported from the inner surfaces of the coils with connectors 41, as shown in Figure 4.

With the parts arranged in this manner the fan or blower 16, which is provided with eificiently formed blades circulates the air at high speeds as indicated by plan throughv theunit. takenv Figure 5 is a detail illustrating the. connections-to the:

numeral", 34' is The vertically-disposed screen" the arrows with the air at the center of the vortex passing upwardly through the opening 30 into the duct and with the air passing around the shell and coil passing downwardly between the skirt and inner casing and mixing with incoming air entering the upper end of the outer housing also as indicated by the arrows.

The cooled air passes from the duct to points in a building or the like.

It will be understood that modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made in the design and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. An air conditioner comprising a coil, the axis of which is vertically disposed, an inverted frustro-conical shaped shell depending from the lower end of the coil, a blower mounted in the lower end of the frustro-conical shaped shell and positioned to blow upwardly through the coil, a wire mesh cylindrical element surrounding the coil, depending strips of wire mesh interlaced through the coil, a cylindrical inner casing positioned around the coil and spaced outwardly from the cylindrical wire mesh element, an outer housing positioned around the casing and spaced therefrom, a skirt extended downwardly from the upper end of the housing into the area between the casing and housing, a duct having an opening positioned to register with the upper end of the coil secured to the upper end of the skirt and adapted to extend from the device.

2. In an air conditioner, the combination which comprises a coil, the axis of which is vertically disposed, an inverted frustro-conical shaped shell depending from the lower end of the coil, a blower positioned in the lower end of the shell and adapted to discharge air upwardly through the shell and coil, a spiral vane suspended from the inner surface of the coil and adapted to circulate air around the inner surface of the coil providing a vortex, vertically disposed wire mesh strips interlaced through the coil, a cylindrical wire mesh screen extended around the coil, an inner casing positioned around the screen and spaced therefrom, an outer housing positioned around the casing and spaced therefrom, and a duct extended from the upper end of the housing.

3. An air conditioner comprising a coil, the axis of which is vertically disposed, a frustro-conical shaped shell extended from the lower end of the coil, vertically disposed screen sections woven through the coil, a casing having an annular trough in the lower end spaced from and positioned around said coil, a blower positioned on the axis of the coil and mounted in an area around which the trough of the inner casing extends, an outer housing spaced from and positioned around the inner casing, --a skirt extended downwardly into the upper end of the housing and positioned between the housing and casing, and a duct having an opening therein extended from said skirt.

4. In a high speed air conditioning unit, the combination which comprises a vertically disposed refrigerant coil, screens covering inner and outer surfaces of said coil, a frustro-conical shaped shell depending from the coil, an inner casing positioned around and spaced from the coil and shell, said inner casing having a horizontally disposed inwardly extended annular flange with a vertically disposed upwardly extended sleeve on the inner edge at the lower end, a blower having blades positioned in said sleeve and adapted to circulate air through the shell and coil creating a vortex in the area within the shell and coil, an outer housing surrounding the inner casing and spaced therefrom, means supporting the inner casing with the blades of the blower positioned in said sleeve, and a skirt with an opening in the upper end positioned above the housing and extended downwardly into the area between the housing and inner casing.

5. In a high speed air conditioning unit, the combi nation which comprises a vertically disposed refrigerant coil, vertically disposed wire mesh sections woven through the coil, a cylindrical screen positioned around the outer surface of the coil, a frustro-conical shaped shell depending from the coil, an inner casing positioned around and spaced from the coil and shell, said inner casing having av horizontally disposed inwardly extended annular flange with a vertically disposed upwardly extended sleeve on the inner edge at the lower end, a blower having blades positioned in said sleeve and adapted to circulate air through the shell and coil creating a vortex in the area within the shell and coil, an outer housing surrounding the inner casing and spaced therefrom, means support-.

ing the inner casing with the blades of the blower positioned in said sleeve, and a skirt with an opening'in the.

upper end positioned above the housing and extended downwardly into the area between the housing and inner casing.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Kaufman Nov. 23, 1948 

